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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,841, dated February21, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CARPEN- TER,of Newark, in the county of Essex and State'of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cigar and Cigarette Covers, of which thefollowing is a'specification.

My invention relates to paper made for the wrappers or covering ofcigars, cigarettes, or other like use; and it consists in theuse oftobacco stalks or leaves made into a pulp and united with asbestus andsuch other ingredicuts as may be employed in manufacturing paper for thepurpose.

In the efforts hitherto made to produce paper for covers, 820., out oftobacco, it has been found that the tobacco alone does not contain fiberenough to give it proper strengh. Then other fibrous materials have beenadded; but nothing has been found that in burning does not give eitheran unpleasantsmell or taste.

To remedy these difficulties is the object of my invention; and it isfound that asbestus, united with the pulp made from tobacco inheatingand crumbling off when the tobacco is burned, gives off nosmellor taste,and therefore, while the fiber of the asbestus givesstrength to the paper, it is entirely free from the objections abovenamed; or, in place of the asbestus being united with the tobacco-pulpand entering into the body of the paper, it may be prepared in asemi-liquid state and be applied to the surface of the paper made fromtobacco, and do substantially the same thing.

In the manufactureof the paper a sizing of rice-Water or other similarsubstance may be used, and, to give increased softness and flexibility,sugar, molasses, or licorice, or other similar substance, may be joinedwith the pulp,

Application filed April 9, 1881. (No specimens.)

' anda little saltpeter may be added to excite 4o combustion and give alittle piquancy of sensation when smoking; but when any or all of themis used the asbestus enters into the product of the paper, either as anintegral element or a floss to give to it the required tenacity.

In preparing the paper it may be found to be too light in color, and adarker shade may be given to it in the use of a small percentage ofcharcoal, as this also will be free from offensive smell and taste; andall the ingredients united with the tobacco and asbestus are used onlyin the minutest quantities to aid in manufacturing, so that itissubstantially true that only the tobacco is smoked. The asbestus will beused in such quantity as may be found best practically; butin any amountused there will be no unpleasant or injurious effect.

What I claim is- 1. An improved paper for the wrappers of cigarettes andcigars, composed of asbestus and vegetable fiber properly pulped andformed int0 sheets.

2. An improved paper for the wrappers of cigarettes and cigars, composedof asbestus arid tobacco fiber combined. 65

3. An improved paper for the wrappers of cigars and cigarettes, composedof tobacco, asbestus, and saltpeter, the latter to excite combustion andgive piquancy of sensation.

4. An improved paper for the wrappers of 70 cigars and cigarettes,composed of tobacco, asbestus, and a coloring of charcoal, substantiallyas specified.

WILLIAM E'GAEPENTEE.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIs, N. O. BRISTOL.

